Ralph Lemon Will Start Season `By Accident'

September 03, 1994|by KATHRYN WILLIAMS (A free-lance story for The Morning Call)

"It is a difficult transition and I think it's becoming easier because I'm feeling better about the other possibilities. A lot of it is the fear of letting go of what you think you had," Lemon said.

Lemon's prediction for the next generation of choreographers is that the traditional dance company model will fail. "The character of the dancing life is going to be very, very different in the next 20 years. It's exciting because it's going to create a whole different kind of work. I think we're all afraid that if we let go of the company, how do we create the continuum of vision of a Merce Cunningham or a Trisha Brown or a Paul Taylor? Well, I don't think that will be possible if one doesn't maintain a company, but I think that something else is possible and that something else is probably just as vital but we don't know what it is.

"That's what I want to be pro-active about finding -- as opposed to being forced to find it," concluded Lemon. "Because I'm looking at this as all something very constructive."

Ralph Lemon will give a solo presentation at 8 p.m. Friday at St. John's United Church of Christ, Whiteoak and W. Walnut streets, Kutztown. He will be available for consultations by appointment Friday and next Saturday at the New Arts Program, 173 W. Main St., Kutztown. For an appointment or information: 683-6440.